Box cover



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BOX COVER Filed Feb. 7, 1927 Patented Dec. 11, 1928.

UNITED `srafras FRANK J'. SCHLEICHER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.v

Box COVER.

Application filed February 7, 1927. Serial No. 166,402..

My invention relates to boxes such as are used for containing candy orother merchandise which it is desired to put before the public inattractive containers.

My invention consists particularly in the means for decorating boxes ofthis nature and is particularly applicable to paper boxes such as are ingeneral use in selling candy.

Briefly, my invention consists in the application of a handkerchief tothe cover of a box in such a manner that the handkerchief and the papercover sheet of the box contrast with each other and cooperateto form adesign, one component of which, the handkerchief, may be easily removedby the receiver of the box and used in the ordinary Way, the box coverproper being unmarred by the removal of the handkerchief and maintainingan attractive appearance. l

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate a selected embodiment ofmy invention-- a Figure 1 is a top view of a box having a lacehandkerchief applied thereto, a portion of the handkerchief being cutaway to illustrate more or less diagrammatically the surface of thepaper cover sheet of the box lid.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section through one side of the box.

The box is formed in the usual manner and includes a bottom portion land a top portion 2, the latter having a cover sheet 8 Which may be ofany desired color or designy but preferably is of metal foil or has alustrous appearance and, if not a solid color, has a small all-overdesign which adapts it to serve as a background for the completeddesign.

The box is shown as beingl of square outline and a square handkerchiefcomprising a solid central portion 4 with a Wide lace border 5 isapplied flatly to the box cover, the length and Width of thehandkerchief preferably being the same as the corresponding dimensionsof thebox.

A ribbon 6 extends over the handkerchief with its ends secured to theedges of the box in an unobtrusive manner and the ribbon forms means fordetachably securing the handkerchief to the box during the display ofthe box andy its merchandise and for-as long a period thereafter as therecipient may desire. The handkerchief may be easily slipped frombeneath the ribbon when desired Without affecting the finish of thehandkerchief or of the cover or of the ribbon in any Way and the boxwill still be attractive although the handkerchief may be removed. n

By means of the arrangement described, many rich and attractivecombination designs may be produced, an example being where a coversheet of gold color is used as a base over which `a handkerchief havingan ecrucolored lace border is applied and secured in place by agold-colored ribbon. The sheen of the paper viewed through the lace'meshand around the figures creates an effect which cannot be produced byordinary lithographing or other means of treating the paper cover.

Obviously many other colored combinations are possible. It will beunderstood that the shape of the box and the provision of a handkerchiefWith the same dimensions as the box cover are not essential features ofmy invention in its broadest form, nor is it essential that the articleapplied to the box be a handkerchief, as oblong or round boxes may bedecorated with other objects of lace, such as doilies, etc., Withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. An element of a mercantile package comprising a box lid having anoutside sheet of lustrous material, and a lace handkerchief detachablysecured to said sheet and extending flatly over the same so that itslace is set off by said sheet.

2. An element 'of a mercantile package comprising a decorative box lid,and a covering therefor of open textile material with solid figures andapplied flat-ly over said lid and having an outline corresponding to theoutline of said lid, said lid and covering being of contrastingappearance and combining to form a component design in Which thecoloring of said lid forms a back ground for the mesh and figure of saidcovering.

. 3. An element of a mercantile package comprising a box lid having acover sheet co1- ored'or figured to form an attractive appearance, alace handkerchief applied atly to and over substantially all of saidsheet and g forming therewith a component design, and with a. componentdesign, and an ornamental 10 means detachably holding said handkerchiefribbon permanently secured to said lid against said cover sheet, anddetachably holding said handkerchief 4. An element ofafrnercantilepackagecomn againstsaicl cover sheet, said handkerchiefprising a box lid having a fiat cover sheet oolbeing removable from saidsheet and ribbon ored or figured to form an attractive appear- Withoutafecting the same. 15 ance in itself, a lace handkerchief` applied Intestimony Wherof I hereunto affix my flatly over said cover sheet andsubstantially signature this 3rd day of February, 1927. oo-eXtensivetherewith and forming there- Y FRANK J. SCHLEICHER.

